Protest disrupts AfD youth conference in Germany

A mass protest in Giessen, Germany, involving 25,000 to 30,000 activists from Antifa delayed a conference for the right-wing AfD youth wing, Generation Deutschland, prompting a historic police deployment of 6,000 officers. AfD co-leader Alice Weidel condemned the demonstrators as undemocratic, while police used pepper spray and water cannons against violent protesters. The AfD’s new chairman, Jean-Pascal Hohm, expressed anti-immigrant views at the event, following the classification of the previous youth chapter as extremist. Despite its controversial stance, the AfD has gained significant electoral support, capitalizing on public discontent.

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